Plumbing Help - The pipe mess

[journeyman Mick]

I'm no plumber either, just a carpenter who's spent a bit of time on building sites and also designed and installed the plumbing and drainage on a couple of 24M boats (8 x bathrooms, 2 x galleys each + holding tanks, sumps with auto pumps, salt water for toilet flush etc etc), these were commercial vessels in survey, but you don't need to use a licensed plumber and we couldn't get any to do the jobs the way we wanted. Anyway, like Al says, you don't need that mess in the middle.

From left to right you've got a one way valve, a pressure limiter/strainer with an over pressure valve above it. The pressure limiter will be doing what its name suggests and if the strainer is full of crap then that will reduce your pressure as well. Maybe there was a hot water system there at one stage and the DIY man from hell decided to remove it and reconnect stuff. You don't need any of it. I'd turn off the tap and remove all the crap then fit a male to female elbow to the tap, shorten the pipe that goes upstairs and use a compression fitting to attach it to the new elbow. Simple, quick and no brazing needed.

Mick

[pharmaboy2]

I would agree Mick, pounds to peanuts, thats where the hotwater system used to be, and the "plumbing person" didnt know what it all did, so just left it there LOL! Great laugh though- a picture like that!

AFAIK if its not behind finished walls you can use compression fittings, another choice is also kwikfit - push on connectors easy as to use, and approved for behind wall use - you can also unconnect and reconnect.

http://www.kembla.com.au/plumbfit_kkf.html

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

I'd lay odds that the pressure relief valve was left behind so one could purge the upper lines, after turning off the tap, without using a bucket.

I reckon the simplest fix'd be to just remove everything between the tap and the upstairs feed... but that's just an opinion and not qualified advice. (Which is nothing new around here. )

[Shedhand]

From my SIL the Master Plumber.

He must have his hotwater cylinder upstairs and the limiting valve is limiting all of the supply to upstairs, he needs to pull the limiting valve and filter setup out from there and install it close as possible to the cylinder on the branchline to the cylinder only ,then this should free up the cold pressure to his other fixtures.

[JDarvall]

From my SIL the Master Plumber.

He must have his hotwater cylinder upstairs and the limiting valve is limiting all of the supply to upstairs, he needs to pull the limiting valve and filter setup out from there and install it close as possible to the cylinder on the branchline to the cylinder only ,then this should free up the cold pressure to his other fixtures.

There ya go. Problem solved. Goodonya mate.

[mics_triton]

From my SIL the Master Plumber.

He must have his hotwater cylinder upstairs and the limiting valve is limiting all of the supply to upstairs, he needs to pull the limiting valve and filter setup out from there and install it close as possible to the cylinder on the branchline to the cylinder only ,then this should free up the cold pressure to his other fixtures.

Well the house has a solar hot water system on the roof .... but gets it's water supply before this mess ..... Does the water hammer stop the pipe from rattling or some thing like that ???????????

cheers
Mick

[Shedhand]

Yes, water hammer stops pipes from banging, particularly when washing machines and dishwashers are operating. Can you post a full schematic of your system and I'll ask my SIL to give you some advice.